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How to play pool: Master Your Break Shot
Q: A player writes about how to play pool and break:
Last night I broke 57 times. I had 7 chances to run out. Of those
opportunities there were 2 spreads that needed perfect cue ball
placement, too tough for me. Perhaps Efren could have done it.
Once I ran out. Once I got hosed when the '7' ball skidded on me
and missed dropping. Three times I just messed up, although once
the last 3 balls were in kinda difficult spots, somewhat close
together.
I'm still learning how to play pool. I dunno, does that seem like
a normal percentage? Not in my mind it doesnt, oh well.
A: Fast Larry Responds.
The above was question about how to play pool and how to break.
How do I know if my break is good or not, most frankly do not
have a clue.
Most of the leagues don't know how to play pool and the breaks I
see after the balls spread are so poor a pro could not run the
table.
With out mastering the break, you will never learn how to play
pool like a master.
You must accomplish 3 things:
(1) Make a ball and stay at the table. You can’t win sitting in
the chair.
(2) Spread the balls well so no 2 balls are touching, move at
least 7 balls up table past the side pockets at 8 ball.
(3) Get a shot so your run can begin. At 9 ball you must control
the cue ball and one ball together putting the both up table.
It does you no good if you break and spread them perfectly.
You need to learn how to play pool right and go into each play
session and record your break stats. How many times a night did
you break, now many times did you perform all 3 perfectly,
produce the run out table, how many times did you actually run
out.
2 out of the 3 is no good, you must learn to do all 3.
You need to chart these 3 stats so you can see if your break is
improving and if your run outs are getting better as well.
Charting your progress while you learn how to play pool will
speed up your progress. How many of you are doing that now,
actually have a gauge, how you are you doing, going up, going
down or stuck in place.
Don’t shoot your messenger, I am telling it like it is, but I am
trying to help you learn how to play pool and get this game of
yours moving.
You must study your break and learn how to play pool right to
realize what I just told you, pal, and your break probably is
terrible and you don’t know it. Now accept that. Now do something
about it.
If you are like most when you are first trying to learn how to
play pool, you are only trying to hit the rack as hard as
possible and if you do that you think you are doing the right
thing. That is completely wrong.
"Fast Larry" makes it easy for you to learn how to play pool
using almost-controversial methods. To get the complete version
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